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Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (1892–1981) was an Indian Muslim scholar and author, and leader of the Sunni
Barelvi movement The Barelvi movement ( ur, بَریلوِی, , ), also known as Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaah (People of the Prophet's Way and the Community) is a Sunni revivalist movement following the Hanafi and Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, with strong Suf ...
following the death of its founder, his father Ahmed Raza Khan. He was known as ''Mufti-Azam-i-Hind'' to his followers. In a biography compiled by Muhammad Afthab Cassim Razvi he is referred to as ''Mufti-e-Azam-e-Hind''.


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Life

He wrote books on Islam in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and announced judgments on several thousand Islamic problems in his compilation of fatawa ''Fatawa-e-Mustafwia''. Thousands of Islamic scholars were counted as his spiritual successors. He was the main leader of the Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa in Bareilly, which opposed the
Shuddhi movement Shuddhi is Sanskrit for purification. It is a term used to describe a Hindu religious movement aimed at the religious conversion of non-Hindus of Indian origin back to Hinduism. Shuddhi movement The socio-political movement, derived from ancien ...
to convert Muslims to Hinduism in pre-Partition India. During the time of emergency in 1977 in India, he issued a
fatwa A fatwā ( ; ar, فتوى; plural ''fatāwā'' ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (''sharia'') given by a qualified '' Faqih'' (Islamic jurist) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist i ...
against vasectomy which was made compulsory and 6.2 million Indian men were sterilized in just a year. In such circumstances Mustafa Raza Khan argued this order of Indian government given by
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Works

Raza Khan's books include: *''Fatawa-e-Mustafawia'' 7Volumes (Religious rulings Mustafa Raza) *''Al Malfoozat of Ala Hazrat'' (Sayings of Ahmed Raza Khan) *''Saman-e-Bakhshish'' (Compilation of Islamic Poetry in the Honor of Prophet Muhammad) *''Taqiya Baazi'' (Hidden Faces of Wahhabism) *''Waqat-us-Sinan، Adkhal-us-Sinan، Qahr Wajid Diyan'' *''Turq-ul-Huda Wal Irshad Ilaa Ahkam Al Amara Wal Jehad'' *''Tasheeh Yaqeen Bar Khatm-e-Naiyeeen'' *''Tardush Shaitan An Sabee Lur Rehman'' (Fatwa Refuting Government of Saudi Arabia For Imposing Tax on Pilgrims in 1365 A.H) *''No Caste is Inferior''


Disciples

His disciples include: * Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki *Sayed Muhammad Ameen *Muhammad Mujeeb Ashraf *Mahmood Ahmad Razvi Quadri Ashrafi *Muhammad Idrees Raza Khan Qadri Razvi Hashmati *Mohammed
Akhtar Raza Khan Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Azhari (23 November 1943 – 20 July 2018), also known as Tajush Shari'ah or Azhari Miya, was an Indian Barelvi Muslim scholar, cleric and mufti. He was the great grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi who was considered ...
Azhari * Qamaruzzaman Azmi *Muhammad Afzal Husain *Muhammad Husain *Rehan Raza Khan *Tehseen Raza Khan *Sayed Noor Muhammad *Zia Ul Mustafa *Abdul Hadi Qaadri *Ahmad Muqaddam Qaadri * Badrul Qaadri *Ghulam Sarwar Al Qaadri *Mahmood Ahmad Qadri Rafaqati * Arshadul Qadri *Muhammad Ibrahim Raza *Abdul Hamid Razvi *Muhammad Ghufraan Siddiqi * Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui *Sayed Shah
Shah Turab-ul-Haq Shah Turab ul Haq Qadri (15 September 1944 – 6 October 2016) (Urdu: شاہ تراب الحق قادری) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, preacher and politician from Hyderabad who represented the Sufi Barelvi movement in Karachi, Pakistan. He was ...
*Dr. Mufti Ghulam Sarwar Qadri *Badruddin Ahmed Qadri


See also

* Hamid Raza Khan *
Jamaat Ahle Sunnat The Jamaat Ahle Sunnat ( ur, ) is a Muslim religious organization in Pakistan that represents the Barelvi movement. It was supported by Muhammad Shafee Okarvi. As a Sunni organisation it has adopted many Sufi customs and traditions. History In ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan Qadri, Mustafa Raza Indian Muslim scholars of Islam Hanafis Barelvis People from Bareilly Grand Muftis 1892 births 1981 deaths Ahmed Raza Khan family Indian people of Pashtun descent Grand Muftis of India